LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 21, 2024) - Georgian Court Women's Soccer had an eventful Saturday afternoon. The Lions won their first CACC game of the 2024 season, scoring a season-best five goals in a 5-2 victory over Felician. Three of those five were scored by freshman
Chelsea Lavezzo for a hat trick. The win was also number 200 in the career of head coach Jim Moore.
How it Happened
• Georgian Court had a big edge in possession, 55% to 45%.
• Those numbers showed up in the stats as the Lions doubled up the Golden Falcons in shots, 20-10.
• Georgian Court was also incredibly accurate putting 17 of those 20 shots on goal. Felician put just four of their 10 on target.
• Most of the rest of the stats were fairly even. Each team earned four corner kicks. Felician was called for nine fouls and GCU seven. The Golden Falcons also were booked the only yellow card, called on the bench.
• Georgian Court started the scoring very early. Just 97 seconds into the game,
Sophia Ridolfo's through pass hit Lavezzo in stride and she beat the keeper for her and the Lions' first goal.
• The game remained that way for much of the rest of the first half. That was until Lavezzo took over. She scored on a simlar goal as her first. This time it was
Breana Parkinson sending the through pass for the assist.
• That goal came in the 28th minute. Just four minutes later, the Parkinson to Lavezzo combination struck again. That put the Lions up 3-0.
• Just 38 seconds later,
Ava Reardon's shot was saved and the rebound caromed to
Chiamaka Wokocha who finshed and put the Lions up 4-0 the end the half.
• Georgian Court had a couple of opportunities to add to their lead early in the second half, including one by Lavezzo who narrowly missed out on her fourth of the game.
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Juliana Rettino had a golden opportunity with a penalty kick, but she kissed it off the post and it stayed out.
• With 15 minutes left to play, Felician finally got on the board. Jalyn Tse carried down the right side, shot and scored.
• Ten minutes later, the Lions got the goal back. Some excellent passing saw
Tyler Keenan in the box. Her high shot went off the crossbar and came down across the line for a goal.
• The Golden Falcons added a penalty kick goal from Valeria Ordonez Perez for the 5-2 final.
Lion Stat Leaders
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Chelsea Lavezzo had herself a game with three goals on six shots.
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Chiamaka Wokocha and
Tyler Keenan both came off the bench to score.
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Breana Parkinson chipped in two assists.
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Emily Hassmiller,
Sophia Ridolfo,
Ava Reardon and
Alexis West all picked up assists.
• Delanie Wilkinson got the win needing to make just one save. She didn't allow a goal in more than 70 minutes of action.
For the Golden Falcons
• Zoe Pite was tested all afternoon and ended up making 11 saves.
• Jalyn Tse scored a goal on four shots.
• Valeria Ordonez Perez had the penalty kick goal for Felician.
News and Notes
• Coach Jim Moore picked up his 200th career win. He is the GCU and CACC all-time winningest coach.
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Chelsea Lavezzo's hat trick is the first by a Lion since Krystal Hund, also scored three against Felician in the Covid-19, 2021 season.
• Last weekend, the Lions scored a season-best four goals. This afternoon they upped it to five. The five goals is their most in a game in three years, almost to the day. Sept. 22, 2021, the Lions scored eight in a win over Staten Island.
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Chiamaka Wokocha scored her 10th career point.
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Tyler Keenan scored her first career goal.
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Jessica Ford returned after missing the first five games.
• Savannah Johnson also made her GCU debut.
Up Next
• Georgian Court continues on the road next week. They play at Holy Family, Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.
